Each semester the Language Centre will offer a range of classes taken from the list below.
Not all classes and levels will run in each semester.
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Arabic
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Arabic Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries. None 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Arabic Level 2 - Post Beginners
Gender in Arabic (Masculine-Feminine); Alif/Lam, the definite article and how it works with the moon and sun letters; Pronouns (singular) and non-verbal sentences; Plurals and plural pronouns; Demonstratives, possession and attached pronouns; Adjectives and descriptive sentences; Describing position and forming questions; Arabic verbs: how to conjugate Arabic verbs in present and future tenses; Present tense: every day. Completed level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Arabic Level 3 - Pre Intermediate
Practical Spelling – Numbers (up to 100) Phonetics/letter patterns; Describing the home/ accommodation; Booking a hotel; Directions 2 – prepositions etc; Describing family members; Shopping 2 – (currency, change, preference); Transport; Weather. Completed level 2 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Arabic Level 4 - Intermediate General review of what students learned in previous levels, present tense, comparing past and present events; comparatives and superlatives; education at school and university, talking about business and politics; future tense and talking about your plans; myself and others, reading short texts and watching short documentaries. Completed level 3 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Dutch
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Dutch Level 1 - Beginners Dag! - Greetings , Introductions , Nationalities , The alphabet , Names of European countries
Hoe gaat het? - How are you? Getting introduced , Formal and informal language , Numbers to 100 , Making a phone call , Typical Dutch activities
Hoe is ze? - Describing people’s personality and characteristics , Family and friends , Thanking people
Hoeveel? - Numbers and quantities , Family relations , Time and the clock , Days and times of day
Ik sta om zes uur op! - Daily life , Breakfast , The Dutch and coffee
None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- French
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee French Level 1 - Beginners 1. Introductions, basic greetings, alphabet, numbers 1-10.
2. Giving personal information such as your name, age and talking about where you live.
3. Talking about family and describing family members (using the verbs avoir and etre)
4. Places in town and directions
5. At the restaurant-booking a table and asking for the bill
6. Food and drink-shopping at the market
7. Shopping for clothes and identifying sizes
8. Transport
9. Countries and nationalities
10. Summary of allNone 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
French Level 2 - Post Beginners Practical Spelling – Numbers (up to 100) Phonetics/letter patterns; Describing the home/ accommodation; Booking a hotel; Directions 2 – prepositions etc; Describing family members; Shopping 2 – (currency, change, preference); Transport; Weather. Completed level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
French Level 3 - Pre Intermediate
1. Numbers / phone numbers / dates
2. Time / Family – description and relationship
3. Family – description and relationship
4. Your job/occupation and daily routine
5. Daily routine
6. Free time (during the week / weekend)
7. Hobbies
8. Planning holidays
9. Going around on holidays
10. Holidays – usual and next one plannedCompleted level 2 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
French Level 4 - Intermediate 1.Free time and hobbies (description & opinions)
2. Hobbies (description & opinions)
3. The working life (daily routine / description & opinions / working in France)
4. Last weekend, I did… (past tense manipulation)
5. Last time, I did… (more manipulation with the passé composé)
6. My past (description in the past, talking about something is done)
7. I went on holidays (past tense – describing and opinions about placed they visited)
8. Request and complaints (ask questions, inquiries – present and past tenses)
9. My future plans (Christmas, next year, - future tense)
10. Dreams & wishes (conditional tense)Completed level 3 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
French Post GCSE Media: television/cinema/ communication technology (benefits/dangers of mobiles); The future tense and future plans; Travel plans; Opinions and view points; Current affairs; ‘In the workplace’ – Career/employment; Letter/email writing. French GCSE or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
French Post AS Level Media e.g. Introduction to French newspapers/advertising/internet and social media; Popular culture e.g. music /fashion/trends/young people in society; Healthy lifestyle e.g. sport/healthy eating/alcohol/tobacco/work/life balance; Holidays e.g. destinations/activities/benefits/attitudes to holidays; Family relationships e.g. relationships with parents/friends, marriage; Career e.g. attitudes to jobs/advantages and disadvantages of jobs/ambitions for future career/skills and competencies; Extended letter writing e.g. letter of application, CV etc. French AS Level or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
French Post A Level Environment e.g. pollution, energy, protecting the planet; The multicultural society e.g. immigration, racism; Contemporary social issues e.g. wealth/poverty, law and order, impact of scientific/technological progress; Cultural topics e.g. this could be a look at a French region/country, a period of French history, a French book/poem/play/film, the work of a French director/architect/musician French A Level or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- German
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee German Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries.
None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
German Level 2 - Post Beginners 1. Revision - repeat content of level 1; conjugation, gender, nominative & accusative, inversion, articles… gap fill, reading, mpc, listening
2. The Weather
3. Daily Routine
4. German TV
5. German Cities
6. Orientation in Cologne
7. The body & appearance
8. Family
9. An interview with your favourite German celebrity
10. On (summer / winter) holiday; RevisionCompleted level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
German Level 3 - Pre Intermediate
1. general introduction, places in town, accusative (es gibt, ich habe), adjective agreement
2. what you can do in town, location and prepositions (dative and accusative)
3. directions, asking for and giving directions, modes of transport
4. Das Perfekt introduction, haben vs. sein, verb table
5. Das Perfect consolidation, imperfect haben/ sein, (imperative)
6. gifts and presents, the dative object/ pronouns/ possessives, tabu game to practise speaking and descriptions
7. comparative
8. Letter/email writing
9. Berlin und Deutschland
10. revisionCompleted level 2 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
German Level 4 - Intermediate 1. Introduction, importance and use of German in the workplace, modals in imperfect tense,
2. Hobbies and opinions (advanced, various tenses) overview of tenses so far
3. Imperfect tense, verb table, fairy tales as example
4. childhood and family, German children’s books/shows
5. Deutschland und die Einheit, match up exercise, Sonderzug nach Pankow
6. Daily Routine 2, reflexive verbs, daily routine in different tenses, Max Rabe song
7. Holidays – preparations, bookings, journey, hotel, hiring and purchasing
8. Holidays 2 – dream holiday, dream hotel, past holidays, future holidays
9. Stereotypes and reality
10. Deutschland – geography and politicsCompleted level 3 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
German Post GCSE Media: television/cinema/ communication technology (benefits/dangers of mobiles); The future tense and future plans; Travel plans; Opinions and view points; Current affairs; ‘In the workplace’ – Career/employment; Letter/email writing. German GCSE or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
German Post AS Level Sentence Structure - causal connectors, causal prepositions
Infinitive clauses
Complements - position of temporal, causal, modal and local objects in sentences
Adverbs
Adjectives
Relative Clauses (1)
Passive - processual, statal, modal, other passive constructions
Subjunctive II - past tense, modal verbs, advice, etc.
Letters and EmailsGerman AS Level or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
German Post A Level Subclauses - modal, two-part connectors etc
Sentences - adversative, consecutive
Adverbs
Modal Verbs - subjective use, presumptions
Prepositions
Adjectives
Participle I and II as attribute / noun
Subjunctive I & II
Relative Clauses (2)German A Level or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Hebrew
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Hebrew Level 1 - Beginners 1. An introduction to Hebrew, background and contexts; The Hebrew alphabet, letters and meaning; Pronunciation, forming words and basic introductory sentences
2. Tone and register: Polite words and their function and position in the sentence; Final form letters: / ם, צ / ץ, פ / פ, נ / ן, כ / ך; Prepositional letters ; The Diacritic dot (Dagesh) – modifying pronunciation; Vowel sounds and vocabulary
3. Consonants and vowels: the letters that are used as both; Contrasting sentences and connecting sentences using conjunctiveו ; Definite Article ; Prepositional letter ב ;Personal pronouns
4. Singular to plural; Immeasurable quantities: how they express emotions; The differences between masculine and feminine forms in pronouns; The numbers 1-10 and days of the week; ‘Onomatopoeias in Hebrew’: words that mimic sounds
5. Final letters of the alphabet: the guttural letters ; The dramatic effect of ‘the,’ and it’s connection to the definitive article ה ; Parts of the body ; Doubling nouns; Related vocabulary
6. All about verbs: Are we human beings but human doing?; Verb’s origin: roots; Conjugating verbs using the pattern of BINYANIM; Past tense; Family members
7. Introducing the present tense; Emotions unique to Hebrew that cannot be translated; Our senses; Animal vocabulary and sounds in Hebrew
8. Future tense ; Comparing the 3 tenses; Colours; Transport
9. Passive verbs: Is passive action possible or a paradox?; Differences between passive and active verbs; Basic geometric shapes and the metaphors that they serve; The fruit family; Clothes – are there clothes that are traditionally gendered?
10. Listening and reading; Isolating words in sentences and filling in the gap; Review
None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
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Irish
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Irish Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries. None 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Irish Level 2 - Post Beginners
Practical Spelling – Numbers (up to 100) Phonetics/letter patterns; Describing the home/ accommodation; Booking a hotel; Directions 2 – prepositions etc; Describing family members; Shopping 2 – (currency, change, preference); Transport; Weather. Completed level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Italian
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Italian Level 1 - Beginners The Italian alphabet -Pronunciation and spelling, importance of vowels, letters with more than one sound
What do you do/ Jobs - Introduce yourself talking about jobs. Introduction to masculine/feminine in nouns
Where are you from?/Country and Nationalities - Introduce yourself talking about Country of origin. More on masculine/feminine, singular/plural
How old are you? When is your birthday? - Days of the week, months, season and use of numbers. Describing people
What is in your bag? - There is/there are. Common objects and recap m/f, s/p
At the market - Fruits and vegetables, matching nouns to adjectives using colours
Shopping list - Do you like?/Do you prefer? Express preference
The Italian family - Family members and introduction to possessive adjectives
Places in town - Locate objects in the space and very basic indication
None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Italian Level 2 - Post Beginners
What time is it?; Talking about the time and daily routines
The house: rooms and furniture; Locate things/ Adverbs
The human body; Physical description and talking about people characteristics
Shopping; Clothes and shopping hints and tips. Some preposition
At the restaurant; Order food and express preference/dislike
In the kitchen; The Italian food and some kitchen tools. With a simple recipe introduction to impersonal verbs and the imperative
Transports and directions; A step further in asking and giving direction
Italian geography; An Italian map to practice with geographical vocabulary
What did you do yesterday?; Introduction to the past tense. Writing a postcard
Completed level 1 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Italian Level 3 - Pre Intermediate
Numbers – Dates – Ordinals – Phone numbers; Letter writing; Talking about our family, descriptions; Education and Occupation; Numbers 2 – Making practical use of numbers, arithmetic; Daily Routine; At the Station (Train/Bus/Airport); Time. QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Italian Level 4 - Intermediate
Intentions and predictions; Present continuous. Talk about intentions and current actions. Welcome to Italy!
Express emotions; Prepositions. Italian common say
Describe facts and past actions; Different forms of past tenses. Talk about the past and childhood
Sequence of events; Personal pronouns. Historical events
Provide explanations; Imperative and impersonal verbs. Italian food
Discuss and share opinions; Comparatives and superlatives. Anecdotes
Accepting and refusing an invite; Modal verbs. Booking a hotel. Customs, lost and found
Talking about wishes and desires; Conditional. At the doctor. Sport
Tell stories; Sentence structure. Italian superstition
Make plans; Future tense. Italian festivities and holidaysCompleted level 3 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Japanese
Level Course Topics Course Requirements
Duration Course Fee Japanese Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries. None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Japanese Level 2 - Post Beginners
Practical Spelling – Numbers (up to 100) Phonetics/letter patterns; Describing the home/ accommodation; Booking a hotel; Directions 2 – prepositions etc; Describing family members; Shopping 2 – (currency, change, preference); Transport; Weather. Completed level 1 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Japanese Level 3 - Pre Intermediate
Numbers – Dates – Ordinals – Phone numbers; Letter writing; Talking about our family, descriptions; Education and Occupation; Numbers 2 – Making practical use of numbers, arithmetic; Daily Routine; At the Station (Train/Bus/Airport); Time. Completed level 2 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Japanese Level 4 - Intermediate
Opinions, Likes, dislikes and preferences, Hobbies, Daily Routine. Describing the past; holidays, trips and weekends and childhood. Cultural difference. Making arrangements and reservations, Hiring and Purchasing. Completed level 3 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Japanese Level 5 - Post Intermediate
Completed level 4 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Korean
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Korean Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries.
None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Korean Level 2 - Post Beginners
Practical Spelling – Numbers (up to 100) Phonetics/letter patterns; Describing the home/ accommodation; Booking a hotel; Directions 2 – prepositions etc; Describing family members; Shopping 2 – (currency, change, preference); Transport; Weather.
Completed level 1 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Korean Level 3 - Pre Intermediate
Family; Transportation; Reason; Post Office & Weather; Reservations
Completed level 2 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Korean Level 4 - Intermediate
Review of Level 3 Topics: Family/ Transportation/ Reason/ Post Office/ Reservations; Hospital; Hospital Giving a reason A/V –(으)니까; Reason Connective ending -아서/어서 Vs -니까/으니까; Hospital Expressing prohibitions; Negative imperative form V+지 마세요; Describing symptoms and causes of sickness; Etiquette Asking/giving permissions ‘May I ~’; Cf) Should/ ought to/ must; Prohibition V (으)면 안 돼요; Saying ‘Excuse me’, ‘No’ politely; Etiquette When (to describe general occasions); Different manners in different countries; Korean manners; Advice & Suggestions; Shopping; Buying something at a store; Shopping; Combining two sentences into one -고-; Exchanging something; Comparing two things N보다 (더) A; Replacing a repeated word with ‘거’; Expressions related to wearing
Completed level 3 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Korean Level 5 - Post Intermediate
Experience; Asking and answering about experiences; Experience; Asking for a description/ opinion; Hobbies; Asking and answering about hobbies; irregular verbs/adjectives; Hobbies; Talking to what on can do; Expressions related to various hobbies; Employment; Having an interview; Employment; Expressing reasons; Expressing ‘will‘ or ‘intention‘; Fashion; Expressing modification; Giving the purpose of visit; Fashion; Talking about preferences; Expressions related to beauty salon; Out of order 반말 (informal style speech); Out of order; Modifying a noun with a verb in the past tense; Modifying a noun with a verb in the future tense
Completed level 4 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Korean Level 6 - Advanced
Classroom Korea; Frequent expressions which are used in class; Change; Information; Stating (Present Tense); Korean culture-Seollal; Information; Stating (Past Tense/ Future Tense); Information; Negating a statement; Connecting two sentences using -아서/어서-; True and False; Indirect speech (Present Tense); Expressing Guesses; True and False; Indirect speech (Past Tense/ Future Tense); Writing a noticeboard message; Conflict and Worry; Indirect speech (imperative/ propositive); Conflict and Worry Indirect speech (Interrogative); Seeking counselling or advice
Completed level 5 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Latin
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Latin Level 1 - Beginners Introduction to Latin Language and the Roman Family; The Home; The Town of Pompeii and the Forum; Businesses and Jobs in Pompeii; Slavery and Freedom in the Ancient World; The Law Court; A Trial and Conviction; The Theatre; Comedy and Tragedy; Roman Dinner Party and Quiz None
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
Latin Level 2 - Post Beginners
The Freedman in the Ancient World;
The Supernatural – Werewolves; The Supernatural – Death and the Afterlife; Gladiators; Exercise in the Ancient World; The Baths and the Palaestra; Education; Politics in the Ancient World; Ancient Graffiti; The Eruption of VesuviusCompleted level 1 or equivalent
10 weeks; 2 hours per week
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Mandarin Chinese
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Mandarin Chinese Level 1 - Beginners Chinese phonetic alphabet - pinyin, basic greeting, tones; Phonetics, Neutral tone, thank you - Rules of phonetic spelling; Numbers, age; From 1 to 10, 11 to 99; Surname, first name; Country, Nationality; Year, month, date, day; Birthday, Age; Time Daily schedule
None 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Mandarin Chinese Level 2 - Post Beginners Talking about plans; Languages; At the restaurant (1) and (2); Describing a position; Noun phrases about places, Prepositions; Talking about places & position; Making arrangements and reservations; Weather and seasons; Talking about things happening; Shopping & Talking about things in the past Completed level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Mandarin Chinese Level 3 - Pre Intermediate Daily Necessities, Fruits; Buying things, prices; Measure words; Wines, drinks; Coffee bar, Tea house; Menu, Foods; In the restaurant; Family, Profession; Addresses, Telephone; Direction and Position Completed level 2 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week Mandarin Chinese Level 4 - Intermediate Talking about transportation; Talking about plans; Talking about health & Daily routine; Talking about places & position; Getting a job; Inviting people for an activity; Asking for reasons ; Talking about study & work; Negotiating with people; Talking about the first time Completed level 3 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Mandarin Chinese Level 5 - Post Intermediate Climate, weather and season; What will the weather be tomorrow; What about spring and autumn; Means of Transportation; How to get to school?; Plan, Doing something; Duration of time; Asking for directions; Sports, activities; At the hospital; Eating habits Completed level 4 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Portugese Brazilian
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Portuguese Brazilian Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries.
None 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Portuguese Brazilian Level 2 - Post Beginners Asking for information; At the airport; At the restaurant; Describing situations and places; Go shopping; On the beach / In the city / In the countryside; On the Brazilian culture; Parts of the house / Furniture; Places in the city; Seasons of the year / Weather forecast; Talking on the phone; Adjectives; Prepositions; Pronouns; Verbs
Completed level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Portuguese Brazilian Level 3 - Pre Intermediate Daily Necessities, Fruits; Buying things, prices; Measure words; Wines, drinks; Coffee bar, Tea house; Menu, Foods; In the restaurant; Family, Profession; Addresses, Telephone; Direction and Position Completed level 2 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Russian
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Russian Level 1 - Beginners Welcome to the course, introduction alphabet, numbers 1-10, basic greetings; Giving personal information (name, age, where you live); Talking about our family, descriptions; Places in town and directions; At the restaurant; Shopping; Transport; Countries.
None 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Russian Level 2 - Post Beginners Practical Spelling – Numbers (up to 100) Phonetics/letter patterns; Describing the home/ accommodation; Booking a hotel; Directions 2 – prepositions etc; Describing family members; Shopping 2 – (currency, change, preference); Transport; Weather.
Level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
- Sign Language
Level Course Objectives Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Sign Language Level 1 Module BSL101 1. Understand and communicate
basic conversation when
meeting people2. Know basic numbers
3. Know different weather
conditions and respond to
questions about the weather4. Know a range of transport
modes5. Communicate a range of
directionsNone 10 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB students and staff £80
Member of the public £120
Sign Language Level 1 Module BSL102
1. Be able to understand signed communication in a given range of topics
2. Use BSL to communicate in a given range of topics3. Be able to maintain a basic social conversation in BSL
Completed module BSL101 11 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB students and staff £90
Member of the public £135
Sign Language Level 1 Module BSL103
1. Be able to understand signed communication and answer simple questions about everyday activities
2. Be able to communicate in BSL using a simple range of vocabulary and signing structures3. Be able to take part in a basic conversation in BSL
Completed module BSL102 11 weeks; 2 hours per week QUB students and staff £90
Member of the public £135
Level Course Objectives Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Sign Language Level 2 Module BSL201 1. Be able to understand
signed communication in a
range of familiar everyday
situations2. Be able to understand key
grammatical features of everyday situations3. Be able to understand
questions related to a range
of familiar everyday
situationsCompleted Sign Language level 1 or equivalent 11 weeks; 2.5 hours per week PLUS 2.5 hour on 1 Saturday morning QUB students and staff £115
Member of the public £175
Sign Language Level 2 Module BSL202
1. Be able to use BSL to communicate a range of familiar everyday situations
and chosen theme
2. Be able to use appropriate
signing conventions of familiar everyday situations
and a chosen theme3. Be able to use non manual features
Completed module BSL201 11 weeks; 2.5 hours per week PLUS 2.5 hour on 3 Saturday mornings QUB students and staff £125
Member of the public £190
Sign Language Level 2 Module BSL203
1. Understand routine conversations
in BSL
2. Take part in routine
conversations in BSLCompleted module BSL202 11 weeks; 2.5 hours per week PLUS 2.5 hour on 3 Saturday morning QUB students and staff £125
Member of the public £190
- Spanish
Level Course Topics Course Requirements Duration Course Fee Spanish Level 1 - Beginners Alphabet and pronunciation; Colours and numbers; Dates and seasons – Greetings and farewells; Asking and giving personal information; Food and Eating out; Travelling and going on holidays; Ask and give directions; Physical descriptions; House and family; Going shopping
None 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Spanish Level 2 - Post Beginners Welcome; Getting to know each other more; Talking about family and friends; What is the weather like?; What is the hotel like?; Where are you staying?; Adjectives; We are going shopping...; Do you want to come with me?; This is my routine...; Talking about yourself, your family, your friends and your life in general
Completed level 1 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Spanish Level 3 - Pre intermediate What do you usually do in your free time?; Daily routines; Accommodation; Holidays and problems in the hotel; Food; In a restaurant; At the train station/airport; My family (talking about personalities); Talking about the future; Revision unit
Completed level 2 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Spanish Level 4 - Intermediate Welcome - Likes, dislikes, phone numbers, daily routine; What are you doing to improve your Spanish?; Talking about hobbies, food and interests; I get up at 7 but I used to get up at 11...; What have you been up to? - Talking about past experiences; What did you do last summer?; Personal anecdotes; This is what happened to me; History; What are you doing tomorrow?
Completed level 3 or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Spanish Post GCSE Potential Topics: Topics will include work and unemployment, the family and living at home, tourism, social media, email/letter writing…
Present tense; Past tenses; Preterite vs Imperfect; Future; Conditional - Forming and using the Conditional tense; Imperative I - Informal commands; Imperative II - Formal commands; Contrast informal and formal commands; Pronouns I - Pronouns introduction; Reflexive pronouns; Verbs with pronouns (“gustar”, etc); Direct object pronouns; Indirect object pronouns; Pronouns II - Direct and indirect object pronouns; Pronouns revision; Revision
Completed Spanish GCSE or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Spanish Post AS Level Potential Topics: Your tutor will cover current Spanish news when possible. Themes will also include national stereotypes, crime, unemployment and types of tourism (turismo de borrachera etc), los “okupas”.
Continuous tenses; Perfect Tenses introduction; Present Perfect vs Preterite; Pluperfect; Passive Voice I - Forming and using the passive voice; Passive Voice II -Impersonal constructions; Time constructions; Verb + infinitive; “Por” and “para”; Revision
Completed Spanish AS level or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88
Spanish Post A Level Environmental problems/global warming; Modern technologies; Healthy living and Extreme sports; Immigration and xenophobia; Cultural differences (Spain and UK); Tourism in Spain; Difficulties in finding a job; Brexit; Revision unit
Completed Spanish A level or equivalent 10 weeks, 2 hours per week QUB student/staff £20
Member of the public £88